December 2011
6 posts
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Tips /Thoughts on Assigning Significance to Locs
A young man stopped me the other day to ask me if I could start his locs at which point I had to look him over (examine his hair and what not). I ended up telling him that he had to grow his hair out an inch or two longer for me to start the size of locs he wanted.
And though I’ve never just been randomly approached by a stranger asking me to do their hair, what did stick out to me is...
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Identity
Sometimes who we are in loc’dom is not very profound. Nor does it have to be. Sometimes…
“I’m just a light-skinned boy with locs.”
One day back in October Locs & Branches took the initiative to get to know sandy loc’ed, hazeled-eyed tumblr shake-yo-dreads GIF sensation, Jamal. Here are the stats and insights on the object of so many of you all’s...
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A Reality
Truth: My hair is getting too long and I do not know what to do with it anymore. And it’s not even that long! It’s wrapping around in my armpit. It’s down my back and getting caught between me and the subway seats. It’s “itching me.” I got mad dirt stains on the collar of my jacket and my work shirts from my hair oil. My back is breaking out. Some of them...
“I chose to start them thick cause, I’d seen...
